Arch support and callous relieving pad



May 31, 1932. D. A. REED ARCH SUPPORT AND CALLOUS RELIEVING PAD Filed May 3, 1930 gum Patented May 31, 1932 r 1,860,595-

UNITED STATES PATENT] OFFICE DAVID A. REED, F BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA ARCH SUPPORT AND GALLOUS'EELIEVIEG PAD Application filed May 3, 1930. Serial No. 449,446.

The invention is for an arch support and tarsal bones extending backward adjacent tocallous relieving pad, and has particular refthe internal cuneiform bone. By this arerence to a pad adapted to be worn in the rangement', the entire arch is supported in shoe for relief of callouses in the vicinity a normal and comfortable position.

of the metatarsal arch. What I claim is The invention contemplates the provision A callous relieving pad consisting ofa in a shoe of a pad particularly adapted and formed or skived felt or other resilient pad placed to eifectively relieve callouses, bunions with a substantially fiat undersurface proand corns on the sole of the foot or on the vided with the male member of a snap fas- I bottom of the toes, fastening means being .tener attached therein adjacent the rearward 50 provided and positioned in the shoe to suit vertex and adapted to cooperate with the feeach individual case. male member thereof imbedded in the inner The invention is clearly illustrated in the sole of a shoe, said pad having a substanaccompanying drawings in which: tially thick central portion of segmental Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of a human spheroidal conformation continuing into re- 5 foot and my invention in position to relieve verse arcuate conformation to a thin peripha callous adjacent the metatarsal arch; eral edge, the peripheral contour of said pad Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through approximating a triangle with convex base the pad, and indicating its relative position and one convex side and one concave side, to the third meta-tarsal bone; said convex base and segmental spheroidal The pad consists of a section of ool felt section conforming to the metatarsal arch, or other resilient material compressed or said convex side conforming to the fifth meta skived to the contour 3 indicated in Fig. 2 tarsal bone and the concave side conforming of substantially ogee form. providing a very to the first metatarsal bone to properly supthin peripheral edge 4 and a flat undersurport the entire metatarsal section of the foot. face 5, the periphery being of substantially In testimony whereof I have afiixed my triangular conformation with convex sides signature. 6 and 7, concave base 8 and roundedvertices 9. DAVID A. REED. A snap fastener 10 is provided with the male member attached to the pad, the female I I 3 member being imbedded in the sole 12 of the shoe so as not to interfere with the foot of the wearer when the pad is removed.

The pad is so positioned in the shoe as to relieve the pressure on the callous, corn 35 or bunion, the female section of the snap fastener being imbedded in the sole of the shoe in such position as to retain the pad in the position outlined above. The pad may then be inserted and removed at will and the v snap fastener member in the shoe, being flush with the inner surface of the sole will cause no inconvenience to the foot.

The exact form of thepad is such that the edge 7 and surface 1 1 are adapted to conform to the metatarsal arch and by supporting this arch in normal position, the cause is removed and the callous relieved. The edges 50 6 and 8 are adapted to conform to the approximate contour of the fifth and first meta- I r 1 

